Improvement in flower-baskets



2 Sheets-Sh'eet 1.. J'. H. MEYER.

FLOWER-BASKET. No.177,653. l Patented May 23,1876.

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IMPROVEMENT IN :Fi- .ow'Ea-.AS`-K ETS'.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No.j 177.653, dated May Q3, Il876;1 application filed March 10, 1876.

To all ywhom it may concern y Be it known that I, JOHN HENRY MEYER,

of Moberly, in the county ot Randolphand State of Missouri, have invented a new and valuable Improvement in Flower Baskets; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation ot the same, reference beinghad to the annexed drawings, making a part of thisspecitcation, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure l of the drawing is a representation of a perspective View of my invention when used as a ower-stand. Fig. 2 isa similar view of my invention when used as a suspen.

sion flower-basket. Fig. 3 is a front elevation of my invention, showing' it when used as a bracket or Wall-basket. Fig. et is a detached View of the pedestal or support, which, together with the basket, forms the ower-stan d.

This invention hasrelation to flower stands and baskets; and consists in constructing the several parts composing the flower-stand in such a manner that they may be disconnected to form a suspension-basket, Or wall or bracket basket, as circumstances may require.

In the accompanying drawings, the basket is shown as being made in two sections, A A', and may be of any suitable form or design, and of any suitable material. In this instance, however, .I have shown it as being made of metal-strips a, stamped from semicircular disks of metal, and bent around to the form shown. The ends of the strips are retained in their relative. position by a ange, b, formed thereon, and which is bentaround two sections of Wire, c c. These wires c c', equidisvtant from their ends, have a loop or eye, d,

for attaching the cords or chains e, and at each end of the wires are double loops f, by which the two ends are locked together, and also forming an eye for the attachment ot' additional cords or chains e. In stamping out the strips a sufficient metal isleft at the center so that when the strips are bent'up in the desired form a bottom, g, is formed for the basket.

To make the basket more ornamental in deotherwise formed, of sheet metal, or an y other Vdesired. material, arms h and wings z', the latgether by bands j, or any other form of fastening found most convenient for thevpurpose, thereby making a very perfect connectionV ot the two sections A A when it is desired to use it as a suspension-basket; but when a basket to be placed against the `wall or bracket, or

other suitable base, as illustrated in Fig. 3, f

the two sections A A are separated or taken apart by unlocking the" ends of the Wires c c", and removing the fastenings which connect the arms h, when either or both of the sectionsmay be used.

When it is desired to convert the basket into a flower-stand, a pedestal, B, is used, the same having an elongated slot, 7c, through which the junction ot' the armsy h are inserted. It is evident, however, that the pedestal may be formed so as to connect it to the basket in various ways by set-screws, clamping-plates, or other simple means of fastening.

The pedestal B may be, if desired, rigidly connected to the basket and made in sections, so that when the two sections A A are separated each section of the pedestal will form an additional ornament for the bottom otl the wall or bracket basket.

It will be seen from my invention that a single device, such as a iiower-stand, may be readily made to serve the purpose of a hanging or suspension basket, or a Bower-basket, capable of being secured to any convenient flat surface, such as a panel, or to the wall or a bracket.

I do not wish to be understood as confining myself to any particular construction ror form of bask-et, or to the manner of connecting the two sections together, or to the form ot' and the manner of attaching the pedestal, as all these mechanical arrangements of the several parts may be variously changed or modified without departing from the purpose of my invention.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. Aower-basket, having adetachable support or pedestal for converting the basket into a Bower-stand or suspeusionbasket, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. A suspension-basket or flower-stand, in which the basket or receptacle for holding owers is made in sections for converting the iloWer-stand or suspension-baskets into one or more Wall or bracket baskets, substantial- ]y as and for the purpose specified.

3. Acombined newer-stand', suspension-basket, and wall or bracket basket, consisting of the sections A A', formed of the strips a, and

the Wire c c', connected to said strips by flanges b, and to each other by loops f, and the arms o. '.r. Ronse, CHAs. W. OAK. 

